Through Sleeper New York-San Antonio | ||||||
3 | Connecting Train Number (Pennsylvania RR) | 4 | ||||
7 35P | Dp | 0.0 | New York, NY (Penna. Sta.) (ET) | Ar | 7 25A | |
R 9 06P | 85.9 | North Philadelphia, PA | D 5 46A | |||
8 00A | 630.2 | Columbus, OH (ET) | D 6 38P | |||
3 00P | Ar | 1050.6 | St. Louis, MO (CT) | Dp | 9 45A | |
Through Sleeper Washington-San Antonio | ||||||
1 | Connecting Train Number (Baltimore & Ohio) | 2 | ||||
6 30P | Dp | 0.0 | Washington, DC (ET) | Ar | 7 40A | |
7 30A | Dp | 543.9 | Cincinnati, OH (ET) | Ar | 6 00P | |
1 20P | Ar | 882.0 | St. Louis, MO (CT) | Dp | 9 55A | |
1 | Train Number | 2 | ||||
Daily | ▼ | Miles | (St. Louis-San Francisco Ry.) | Services | ▲ | Daily |
5 30P | Dp | 0.0 | St. Louis, MO (CT) | C R | Ar | 8 30A |
5 40P | 3.3 | Tower Grove, MO | C | 8 15A | ||
10.1 | Webster Groves, MO | D 8 03A | ||||
R 7 43P | 110.7 | Rolla, MO | C | D 6 12A | ||
7 59P | Ar | 119.2 | Newburg, MO | C | Dp | 5 58A |
8 03P | Dp | Ar | 5 54A | |||
R 9 24P | 181.9 | Lebanon, MO | C | D 4 41A | ||
10 30P | Ar | 239.3 | Springfield, MO | C | Dp | 3 39A |
10 45P | Dp | Ar | 3 24A | |||
F11 40P | 283.0 | Monett, MO | C | F 2 35A | ||
N | Ar | 349.1 | Afton, OK | Dp | N | |
(Missouri-Kansas-Texas) | ||||||
N | Dp | 360.7 | Vinita, OK | Ar | N | |
2 10A | Ar | 425.3 | Muskogee, OK | C M | Dp | 12 05A |
2 25A | Dp | Ar | 11 50P | |||
3 29A | 487.7 | McAlester, OK | C M | 10 45P | ||
4 45A | 563.1 | Durant, OK | C | 9 32P | ||
5 10A | Ar | 582.6 | Denison, TX | C M | Dp | 9 10P |
31 | Connecting Train Number (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) | 32 | ||||
6 30A | Dp | 0.0 | Denison, TX | Ar | 8 20P | |
7 15A | 24.8 | Whitesboro, TX | 7 30P | |||
10 45A | Ar | 129.3 | Wichita Falls, TX (CT) | Dp | 4 15P | |
11 | Fort Worth Section | 12 | ||||
6 20A | Dp | 582.6 | Denison, TX | C M | Ar | 8 35P |
F 6 37A | 591.3 | Pottsboro, TX | ||||
F 6 55A | 603.5 | Sadler, TX | ||||
7 05A | 607.4 | Whitesboro, TX | C | 7 50P | ||
F | 625.7 | Pilot Point, TX | C | F | ||
7 50A | 643.3 | Denton, TX | C | 7 00P | ||
8 45A | Ar | 679.1 | Fort Worth, TX (CT) | C R | Dp | 6 10P |
1 | Dallas/San Antonio Section | 2 | ||||
5 25A | Dp | 582.6 | Denison, TX | C M | Ar | 8 55P |
6 24A | 634.7 | Greenville, TX | C | 7 56P | ||
7 23A | 685.0 | Highland Park, TX | X | 6 58P | ||
7 35A | Ar | 688.9 | Dallas, TX | C R | Dp | 6 50P |
7 50A | Dp | Ar | 6 35P | |||
9 55A | Ar | 788.6 | Waco, TX | C | Dp | 4 31P |
10 05A | Dp | Ar | 4 21P | |||
10 50A | 823.1 | Temple, TX | C | 3 40P | ||
D | 866.4 | Georgetown, TX | C | R 2 42P | ||
12 40P | 898.6 | Austin, TX | C | 1 45P | ||
D | 929.6 | San Marcos, TX | C | R 1 02P | ||
D | 946.4 | New Braunfels, TX | C | R12 41P | ||
2 45P | Ar | 981.7 | San Antonio, TX (CT) | C R | Dp | 12 01P |
Sleeping Cars—
St. Louis to Fort Worth—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Car 18.
St. Louis to Dallas—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Cars 14 and 16.
New York to San Antonio—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms or 10 Roomettes, 5 Double Bedrooms). Car 15. Pennsylvania R.R. No. 3.
Washington to San Antonio (14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Car 12. B. & O. R.R. No. 1.
St. Louis to San Antonio (Conventional 12-Section, 1 Drawing-room). Car 17.
St. Louis to San Antonio—(1 Drawing-room, 2 Double Bedrooms) Observation-Lounge. Car 11. Every third day a full lounge car without sleeping accommodations is operated in lieu of Car 11.
Dining Cars—
St. Louis to Springfield.
Muskogee to San Antonio.
Lounge-Observation Car—
St. Louis to San Antonio.
Chair-Lounge-Buffet Car—
St. Louis to San Antonio.
Reclining Chair Cars (Seats Free)
St. Louis to San Antonio.
St. Louis to Fort Worth.
Sleeping Cars—
Fort Worth to St. Louis—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Car 28.
Dallas to St. Louis—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Cars 24 and 26.
San Antonio to New York—(14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms or 10 Roomettes, 5 Double Bedrooms). Car 25. Pennsylvania R.R. No. 4.
San Antonio to Washington (14 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms). Car 22. B. & O. R.R. No. 2.
San Antonio to St. Louis (Conventional 12-Section, 1 Drawing-room). Car 27.
San Antonio to St. Louis—(1 Drawing-room, 2 Double Bedrooms) Observation-Lounge. Car 21. Every third day a full lounge car without sleeping accommodations is operated in lieu of Car 21.
Dining Cars—
San Antonio to Muskogee.
Springfield to St. Louis.
Lounge-Observation Car—
San Antonio to St. Louis.
Chair-Lounge-Buffet Car—
San Antonio to St. Louis.
Reclining Chair Cars (Seats Free)
San Antonio to St. Louis.
Fort Worth to St. Louis.
Lounge Car...[11] St. Louis to San Antonio via Dallas—Observation.
Sleeping Cars...[12] Washington to San Antonio via St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms (on B. & O. No. 1 to St. Louis).
[14] St. Louis to Dallas, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms.
[15] New York to San Antonio, via St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms (on Penna. No. 3 to St. Louis).
[16] St. Louis to Dallas, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms.
[17] St. Louis to San Antonio via Dallas, 12 Sections, 1 Drawing-room.
[18] St. Louis to Fort Worth, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms (on No. 27 Denison to Fort Worth).
Dining Cars...St. Louis to Springfield.
Muskogee to San Antonio via Dallas.
Chair Cars...St. Louis to San Antonio via Dallas.
St. Louis to Fort Worth.
Denison to Wichita Falls (on No. 31 from Denison).
Lounge Coach...Coach-Lounge-Buffet Car St. Louis to San Antonio via Dallas.
Lounge Car...[21] San Antonio to St. Louis via Dallas—Observation.
Sleeping Cars...[22] San Antonio to Washington via St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms. (On B. & O. No. 2 from St. Louis.)
[24] Dallas to St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms.
[25] San Antonio to New York via St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms. (On Pennsylvania No. 4 to New York.)
[26] Dallas to St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms.
[27] San Antonio to St. Louis via Dallas, 12 Sections, 1 Drawing-room.
[28] Fort Worth to St. Louis, 14 Roomettes, 4 Bedrooms.
Dining Cars...San Antonio to Muskogee via Dallas.
Springfield to St. Louis.
Chair Cars...San Antonio to St. Louis via Dallas.
Fort Worth to St. Louis.
Wichita Falls to Denison (On No. 32 from Wichita Falls.)
Lounge Coach...Coach-Lounge-Buffet Car San Antonio to St. Louis via Dallas.
Know Your Pullmans
All regularly assigned sleeping cars on Katy Lines are numbered. Car 16, for example, is invariably a 14 Roomette, 4 Bedroom car operating on the Texas Special between St. Louis and Dallas. Reservations are made accordingly.
On these pages sleeping car numbers are featured for your guidance. It is a good idea to check your reservations to be sure your space has been properly assigned.
Our good friend Mr. Clyde Howard has plugged the dining car prices above into an inflation calculator and translated them into current [2007] dollars. The breakfast prices he computes as equivalent to $8.42-$12.63 in 2007 dollars. The lunch prices are $12.63-$15.58 and dinner prices are $15.58 to $23.43 by the same standard. He notes that, "Diners weren't really all that cheap, were they?" True, dining cars were seldom places to purchase a truly cheap meal, but for the rest of the story there is another ad in the Katy section, which I did not publish, which touts "discount" meals available at a price of 75¢ for breakfast, $1.00 for lunch, and $1.15 for dinner. Those compute to an inflation-adjusted equivalent of $6.32, $8.42, and $9.69 respectively—more in line with what we today might consider a "discount" meal.
The Texas Special, a joint effort of the Frisco and the Katy, entered service between St. Louis and Texas in May, 1948.